Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

Kindness eases change Love quiets fear

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing.

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

I like peace and solitude and silence.

You'd never catch me dancing on tables in public. I have no desire to be known for my personal life.

I am a failure as a writer. The publishers won't publish me, the bookshops won't carry my books, the critics won't write about me. I am excluded from all anthologies, and completely ignored.

I tended to be more a romantic than a realist, and chose blind faith over cold logic.

No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.

If these rich women from 5th Avenue spend a fortune on cashmere sweaters, they will come to my store to buy gummy bears.

You'll have to fall in love at least once in your life, or Paris has failed to rub off on you.

Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts.

A man of purpose focuses on his destination, not his situation. Don't let your situation mislead you!